naħnaħ
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic نَغْنَغَ (naḡnaḡa, “to have an infected throat”). The final غ (ḡ) regularly became /ħ/ and this sound was then generalised throughout the root.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]naħnaħ (imperfect jnaħnaħ, verbal noun tnaħniħ)